Rare Old Map of Wickenburg, Arizona by USGS, 1964 – Vulture Peak & Vulture Mine
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The “Wickenburg Quadrangle” is a finely detailed United States Geological Survey topographic map of Wickenburg, Arizona, created from 1964 mapping and carrying...
Continue readingThe “Wickenburg Quadrangle” is a finely detailed United States Geological Survey topographic map of Wickenburg, Arizona, created from 1964 mapping and carrying a 1993 imprint. At the precise 1:24,000 scale, it presents the town and its surrounding desert country with the clarity and restraint that define mid-twentieth-century USGS cartography. Wickenburg appears not merely as a settlement, but as a historic hinge between mining country, ranchland, and the rugged uplands of central Arizona. The map’s subdued palette keeps attention on the land itself: contour lines, drainages, roads, trails, and named features combine to create a measured portrait of a place shaped by aridity, elevation, and human ambition.
Produced by the United States Geological Survey, the map reflects an era when federal topographic mapping sought to document the American landscape with exceptional consistency and precision. USGS quadrangles became indispensable tools for engineers, planners, geologists, land managers, and travelers, and this example shows why. Its contour lines translate the broken terrain around Wickenburg into an elegant graphic language, revealing slopes, ridges, washes, and basins in disciplined intervals. Roads and trails thread through the desert, while ranches and undeveloped tracts suggest a landscape still closely tied to extraction, grazing, and overland movement. The result is both practical and quietly beautiful: a scientific document with the composure of a landscape drawing.
Wickenburg itself occupies a storied place in Arizona history. Founded in the wake of nineteenth-century gold discoveries, the town grew around the nearby Vulture Mine, one of the most important gold producers in the region. The map’s inclusion of Vulture Peak and Vulture Mine evokes that mineral frontier, when prospectors, freighters, and entrepreneurs pushed into the Sonoran and upland deserts in search of fortune. Yet Wickenburg is equally associated with cowboy culture, dude ranches, and the mythology of the American Southwest. On this quadrangle, those histories are grounded in geography: mining sites, routes, desert margins, and surrounding mountains show how settlement followed water, ore, access, and terrain.
The physical character of the Wickenburg area is one of the map’s great subjects. The Wickenburg Mountains and the prominent form of Vulture Peak rise from the surrounding desert, their relief carefully modeled through dense, expressive contouring. Dry washes and intermittent drainages mark the land’s response to sudden desert rains, while the Agua Fria River speaks to the region’s broader hydrological network. The topography suggests a place of long views, exposed rock, and difficult passage, where roads and trails must negotiate ridgelines, valleys, and open desert. Even without embellishment, the map communicates the drama of the Arizona landscape: austere, mineral-rich, sun-baked, and deeply sculpted.
As a 1964 record with a later 1993 imprint, the “Wickenburg Quadrangle” offers a compelling historical snapshot of land use before many subsequent patterns of growth, recreation, and environmental management reshaped parts of central Arizona. Its depiction of ranchland, undeveloped desert, named peaks, mining associations, and local routes preserves a moment when Wickenburg still read strongly as a frontier town embedded in a rugged working landscape. For collectors, historians, and admirers of the Southwest, the map is especially evocative because it joins technical precision with regional character. It captures not only where things were, but how the country itself organized movement, settlement, and memory.
Cities, towns and places on this map
- Wickenburg, Arizona
- Wickenburg Mountains
- Vulture Peak
- Vulture Mine
- Agua Fria River
- Various unnamed trails and roads
- Nearby desert areas, including ranches and undeveloped land
Historical context & cartographic details
- Produced by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), an agency of the U.S. government known for detailed land mapping and surveying.
- Historical 1:24,000 topographical map showing Wickenburg, Arizona, and the surrounding area.
- Dated 1964 and carries a 1993 imprint.
- Wickenburg is known for its rich gold mining history and significant cowboy culture.
- Uses contour lines to depict elevation changes, terrain types, and land use, characteristic of USGS maps.
- Features detailed contours reflecting the mountainous and rugged terrain of the Wickenburg area.
- May reflect land use and physical geography that have since changed, particularly due to urban development and environmental management.
- Features a subdued color palette emphasizing topographical details, a hallmark of USGS topographic maps from this period.
Looking for a particular place? Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, ask our workshop to check before you order.
Detailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.
Where personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. See personalised map examples.
Every piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
With its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? Explore our collection of rare old and vintage maps to discover another place, period or style.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
The “Wickenburg Quadrangle” is a finely detailed United States Geological Survey topographic map of Wickenburg, Arizona, created from 1964 mapping and carrying a 1993 imprint. At the precise 1:24,000 scale, it presents the town and its surrounding desert country with the clarity and restraint that define mid-twentieth-century USGS cartography. Wickenburg appears not merely as a settlement, but as a historic hinge between mining country, ranchland, and the rugged uplands of central Arizona. The map’s subdued palette keeps attention on the land itself: contour lines, drainages, roads, trails, and named features combine to create a measured portrait of a place shaped by aridity, elevation, and human ambition.
Produced by the United States Geological Survey, the map reflects an era when federal topographic mapping sought to document the American landscape with exceptional consistency and precision. USGS quadrangles became indispensable tools for engineers, planners, geologists, land managers, and travelers, and this example shows why. Its contour lines translate the broken terrain around Wickenburg into an elegant graphic language, revealing slopes, ridges, washes, and basins in disciplined intervals. Roads and trails thread through the desert, while ranches and undeveloped tracts suggest a landscape still closely tied to extraction, grazing, and overland movement. The result is both practical and quietly beautiful: a scientific document with the composure of a landscape drawing.
Wickenburg itself occupies a storied place in Arizona history. Founded in the wake of nineteenth-century gold discoveries, the town grew around the nearby Vulture Mine, one of the most important gold producers in the region. The map’s inclusion of Vulture Peak and Vulture Mine evokes that mineral frontier, when prospectors, freighters, and entrepreneurs pushed into the Sonoran and upland deserts in search of fortune. Yet Wickenburg is equally associated with cowboy culture, dude ranches, and the mythology of the American Southwest. On this quadrangle, those histories are grounded in geography: mining sites, routes, desert margins, and surrounding mountains show how settlement followed water, ore, access, and terrain.
The physical character of the Wickenburg area is one of the map’s great subjects. The Wickenburg Mountains and the prominent form of Vulture Peak rise from the surrounding desert, their relief carefully modeled through dense, expressive contouring. Dry washes and intermittent drainages mark the land’s response to sudden desert rains, while the Agua Fria River speaks to the region’s broader hydrological network. The topography suggests a place of long views, exposed rock, and difficult passage, where roads and trails must negotiate ridgelines, valleys, and open desert. Even without embellishment, the map communicates the drama of the Arizona landscape: austere, mineral-rich, sun-baked, and deeply sculpted.
As a 1964 record with a later 1993 imprint, the “Wickenburg Quadrangle” offers a compelling historical snapshot of land use before many subsequent patterns of growth, recreation, and environmental management reshaped parts of central Arizona. Its depiction of ranchland, undeveloped desert, named peaks, mining associations, and local routes preserves a moment when Wickenburg still read strongly as a frontier town embedded in a rugged working landscape. For collectors, historians, and admirers of the Southwest, the map is especially evocative because it joins technical precision with regional character. It captures not only where things were, but how the country itself organized movement, settlement, and memory.
Cities, towns and places on this map
- Wickenburg, Arizona
- Wickenburg Mountains
- Vulture Peak
- Vulture Mine
- Agua Fria River
- Various unnamed trails and roads
- Nearby desert areas, including ranches and undeveloped land
Historical context & cartographic details
- Produced by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), an agency of the U.S. government known for detailed land mapping and surveying.
- Historical 1:24,000 topographical map showing Wickenburg, Arizona, and the surrounding area.
- Dated 1964 and carries a 1993 imprint.
- Wickenburg is known for its rich gold mining history and significant cowboy culture.
- Uses contour lines to depict elevation changes, terrain types, and land use, characteristic of USGS maps.
- Features detailed contours reflecting the mountainous and rugged terrain of the Wickenburg area.
- May reflect land use and physical geography that have since changed, particularly due to urban development and environmental management.
- Features a subdued color palette emphasizing topographical details, a hallmark of USGS topographic maps from this period.
Looking for a particular place? Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, ask our workshop to check before you order.
Detailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.
Where personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. See personalised map examples.
Every piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
With its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? Explore our collection of rare old and vintage maps to discover another place, period or style.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
Many of our maps and art prints are chosen as thoughtful gifts for homes, offices, studies and meaningful places.
Choose a framed option for the easiest ready-to-hang gift, or choose an unframed print if the recipient may prefer to select their own frame.
We make orders locally in 23 countries around the world, so gifts can often be produced close to the recipient. This helps them arrive faster, travel more safely, and avoid customs or import duty surprises.
- We can deliver directly to the recipient
- Framed pieces arrive ready to hang
- Unframed prints are carefully packed in a strong protective tube
- Almost every order is made locally, for faster, safer gifting
- 90-day returns give the recipient time to decide
If you are not sure what to choose, please contact us. We can help you pick the right map, size, finish or delivery option.
Most orders are made locally and delivered in around 2–3 working days, depending on the product, size and destination.
We print and frame maps and artwork in 23 countries around the world, so your order is usually made close to you or your recipient. That means faster delivery, less time in transit, and no customs or import duty surprises.
Personalised and customised pieces usually take an extra 1–2 working days, because we prepare your design and send it to you for approval before printing.
Very large framed orders can take a little longer, as they need extra care in production and delivery.
Every order is carefully packaged: unframed prints are sent in a strong protective tube, while framed pieces are securely packed with protective materials around the frame.
If you need your order by a particular date, please contact us before ordering. We’ll check the best production route and delivery option for your location.
Express delivery is available at checkout for most countries. Next-day delivery is available in the UK, US, Singapore and the UAE.
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Our standard frame is a gallery-style black ash hardwood frame, with a simple, modern look. It is approximately 20mm (0.8in) wide. You can also view some lovely customer photos of framed maps and art.
We use super-clear acrylic glazing, also known as Perspex or Acrylite, instead of traditional glass. It is lighter, safer, and has lower reflectivity, giving the artwork a clearer, cleaner appearance.
Six standard frame colours are available at no extra cost: black, dark brown, dark grey, oak, white, and antique gold. Custom framing and mounting/matting is also available for customers looking for something more specific.
Most maps, art prints, and illustrations are also available as a framed canvas. We use matte cotton canvas, stretch it over a sustainably sourced wooden box frame, and then float the piece within a wooden outer frame. The finished result is beautifully presented, with no glazing between you and the artwork.
All frames are supplied ready to hang, with either string or brackets fitted to the back. Very large frames will include heavy-duty hanging plates and/or a mounting baton. If you have any questions, please get in touch.
We can also supply old maps and artwork on canvas, foam board, cotton rag, and other materials.
If you would prefer to frame your map or artwork yourself, please read our size guide before ordering.
Every Unique Maps piece begins with an authentic cartographic source or an original design from our London studio.
For our historic maps, we source rare originals from libraries, archives, auction houses and private collections around the world. We carefully restore each map for print—repairing age-related damage, balancing colour and improving clarity while preserving its original detail, texture and character.
Once restored, the map is prepared for your chosen size and finish. Your piece is then printed and, where selected, framed close to its delivery destination.
Our map prints use acid-free 200gsm archival matte paper and fade-resistant pigment inks, creating a rich, non-glossy finish designed to last. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
Canvas, cotton-rag and other specialist presentations are also available. Learn more about our materials and finishes.
Personalising your map
You can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. For personalised designs, we send a proof before printing and you can request changes before approval.
For more complex bespoke commissions, contact our design team.
Original or Aged
Choose Original for true-to-source colour, or Aged for a warmer, richer antique character created with our specialist ageing process. See examples of our Aged maps.
We’ve been restoring and producing maps and art prints since 1984, and we stand behind every piece.
Every order is covered by our 10-year guarantee and damage-free delivery guarantee. If your piece arrives damaged, we’ll replace or remake it free of charge. If anything else isn’t right, contact our workshop team and we’ll put it right promptly.
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